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Itta ron Qailn trrpner. Limes, Wing & Smith, Proprietors, 'lVrnt* ol* Subicripllons lMl c Year * 800 [nvaruMy in advance. To city subscribers by the month, Seventy-live rents, served by carriers. GOD'S 1,0 VK. BV FAllElt. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy, I,ike the wideness of the sea ; There’s a kindness In llis justice Which is more than liberty. There Is no place where earth’s sorrows Are more felt than up in heaven; There is no place where earth’s failings Have such kindly judgment given. There is grace enough for thousands Of new worlds as great as tills ; t There is room for fresh creations in that upper world of bliss. For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man’s iniud; And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. But we make this love too narrow By false limits of our own; Anil we magnify His strictness With a zeal he will not own. If our love were but more simple We should take Him at His word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of our Lord. Extraordinary Answers. A pupil of Abbe Sieorilguve the follow ing extraordinary answers : “ What is gratitude ?" “ Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” “ ~ hat is hope ?” ~ ope is the blossom of happiness.” “ hat is the difference between hope and desire?” 1 Desire is a tree in leaf, hope is a tree in liower, enjoyment is a tree in fruit ” „ hat is eternity ?” “ A day without yesterday or to-mor row—a line that lias no end.” “ What is God ?” “ The necessary Being, the Suu of eter nity, the Merchant of nature, the Eyes of justice, the Watchmaker of the universe, and the Soul of the world.” “ Does God reason ?” “ Man reasons because lie doubts ; be deliberates, he decides. God is omnis cient ; He never doubts; He therefore never reasons.” Wonders in Nature. Lewinbeck tells us of an insect seen with a microscope, of which twentyseven millions would only equal a mite. Insects of various kinds may he seen in the cavities of a grain of sand. Mold is a forest of beatiful trees, with branches, leaves and fruit. Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies is covered with scales like a fish ; a single grain of sand would cover one hundred and fifty of these scales, and yet a scale covers five hundred pores. Through these narrow openings the perspiration forces itself, like water through a sieve. The mite takes five hundred steps a second. Each drop of stagnant water contains a world of animate beings swimming with a9 much liberty as whales in the sea. Each leaf has a colony of insects gra zing on it, like cows in a meadow. Moral. —Have some care as to the air you breathe, the food you eat, and the water you drink. Gems of Thought. It is easier to fall than rise, therefore lake good heed to thy ways, It is the wit, the policy of sin, to hate those men we have abused. Christian graces, like the stars, shine brightest in the darkest hours. Friendship is a cadence of divine melo dy melting through the heart. It is not the varnish upon the carriage that gives it motion or even strength. Lay by a good store of patience, but be sure to put it where you can find it. Happiness —the rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when un broken. Life is a voyage, in the progress of which we are perpetually changing our scenes. Little wrongs done to others are in their ultimate consequsnces great injuries in flicting upon ourselves. Speak nothing but the truth, what an abridgment it would make of speech. A Romance From Real Life.— Chas. Smith, who some weeks since got in with a freight conductor, rode in the caboose with him from Zanesville and stole his watch, was arrested on Thursday last at Columbus, Ohio, says the Cincinnati En quirer, and turns out to be a girl named Goldsborough. Two years ago she was a thief in Columbus. Two years after leav ing she returned in boy’s clothes, got em ployment in a saloon, slept with the pro prietor three months without discovery of her sex, then stole his money and left. Since then she has been a bar-keeper and driver on the canal, and when arrested had a love letter, with a lock of hair in her pocket, showing that she had won the affections of an artless damsel in Cleve land, and engaged to marry her. The watch was pawned in Cincinnati in the name of the conductor from whom it was stolen. A Good Memory. —“ Well, my child,” said a stern father to his little daughter, after church, “What do you remember of all the preacher said ?” “Nothing,” was the timid reply. “Nothing,” said he, se severely ; "now, remember, the next time you tell me something he says, or you must stay away from church.” The next Sunday she came home, her eyes all ex citement “I remember something,” she said. "Ah ! very glad of it,” replied the father; "what did he say?’ “He said,” she cried, “‘A collection will new be made!’ ” Who is the Antichrist.— Mr. Ern est Henan was lately at Naples, where he seems to hare been as warmly received as he was in Rome. An Italian letter in the Paris Journal Soir says that M. Renan has just begun anew work to be entitled the Antichrist,' in which he will maintain that the Antichrist of the Apocalypse, is the Emperor Nero. Meanwhile the Soir * correspondent adds, the clergy are of opinion that the Antichrist is no other than M. Renan himself. They celebrated at tridou to expiate the profanity caused by his presence in the capital of Catholieism. Important Post-office Regulations. From the December number of Ibe Post-office Gnzette we tako a few extract* from tlie rulliugs and instructions com piled from the official records, which may be of interest to our readers : 13, There is no provision in the law for the return of engravings or other matter of the third class to the mailing party, unless the return postage is paid. 14. No circular or notice of any kiud containing any writing other that the ad dress can be sent by mail except at letter rates of postage. 16. Packages of printed matter upon which there is any writing other than the address, whether it be a description of the contents, the name, or simply the initials of the sender, are subject to letter post age. 17. Samples of cotton weighing twelve ounces or less, and so enclosed as to be ex amined without destroying the wrappers, may be transmitted by mail at the rate of two cents for eaeli two ounces or fraction thereof. Samples weighing over twelve ounces are subject to letter postage by mail. 23. Hailway postoffice cars are required to receive letters up to the last moment before tbe moving of the train. 24. All mail matter passing by mail at less than letter rates of postage must be unaccompanied by any writing other than the address, and must be wrapped so as to admit of examination, otherwise letter postage must be charged. To write upon the fly leaf of a hook subjects it to letter postage by weight. 28. Book postage is two cents for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Such packages arc limited to four pounds. Oth er transient printed matter is one cent for each two ounces, or fraction thereof, but when enclosed with a book the entire package must be charged at the higher rate, that is, tbe book rate of postage. 32. Mailers of samples are permitted to number tbe different styles and qualities in figures to correspond with a descriptive letter to be mailed separately at letter post age. This may relate to samples of mer chandise where such numbering is neces sary to identify the different styles and qualities. 39. Tbe insertion of a date or any other writing in a printed circular subjects it to letter postage. Only tbe address may be written. 40. Placing matter in a sealed envelope with the ends merely notched is not a compliance with the laws and regula tions. Such matter is subject to letter postage. 43. A letter taken from an office by the writer after it has been postmarked and the stamps cancelled is subject to anew postage when presented for remalling. 44. Letters may be forwarded to the party addressed without additional pos tage, but newspapers cannot be forwarded except by payment of transient rates thereon. 50. A married woman has a perfect right to require that letters addressed to her should not be delivered to any one but herself or upon her order. 51. A request “to return, if not called or,” printed on the second and third class matter, is not to be regarded by postmas ters, unless they nre furnished with addi tional postage at transient rates for such purpose. Neither is a request to for ward such matter to be regarded unless accompanied with money or postage stamps for forwarding at transient rates. Suicides in France in 1870. —The French Journal Official has recently pub lished the “Report of the Administration of Criminal Justice in France for the Year 1870.” The following are the passages that relate to suicides : “During 1870 there have been brought under the notice of the Administration 4. 157 completed suicides; 3,371 (81 per cent.) in women. The ages of 10 individ uals are unknown ; 18 were less than 16 years old ; 130 between 16 and 20 ; 1,067 between 21 and 40 ; 1,069 between 40 and 60 ; and 1,143 were 60 and upward. As to their civil status, 1,447 were unmarried ; 1,380 married.with children ; 599 married, without children : 464 widowed with, and 199 widowed without children. There were 2,630 inhabitants of rural districts to 1,461 inhabitants of towns, the domicile of 66 being unknown. "With respect to their ocoupation 1,894 belonged to agricultural, 933 to the various forms of industry, 119 merchants or shop keepers, 716 were of the professions, 116 were servants, and 395 without avowed occupations. Of the 4.157 suicides, 1,384 took place during spring, 1,129 in sum mer, 168 in autumn and 976 in winter. As in former years hanging and drowning have been the most frequent means of death resorted to. The presumed motives were misery and reverses in fortune in 383, fam ily discord in 312, love, jealously, debauch ery or other misconduct in 701, various forms of suffering in 980 (these bciDg phys ical 515), and cerebral disease in 1,377- In 22 instaucesjsuicide was committed by the authors of capital crimes, and in 232 probable motive could not be assigned.”— Medical Times and Gazette. Looking at the Best Side.—Hoc tor Johnson used to say that the habit of looking at the best of things was worth more than a thousand pounds a year. And not only is this radiant good-nature riches, but it is the most active chanty. All other riches must be hoarded, more or less. Our horses, our homes, our pic tures, our jewells, our books, in the most generous hands can gladden but a few friends. But our heartsome good-nature brightens every human soul it meets, and is reflected from each to some other. There is no end to its influence any more than sunshine. And as it is lavished it grows sweeter and fuller. It is the beau tiful secret of which all the old stories are allegories. It is the clew that opened the hard labyrinth of life, the spell that tamed savage beasts, the mysterious fountain that conferred perennial beauty, the sweet smiling apple that contained the spirit of health, the single glass wherein all things looked fair, the blossom, eating of which all care vanishsd. The best of it is that this blossom will grow in the barren soil of the grumpiest spirit, and multiply exceedingly if it be nourished a little at the start. But those who wear it ever are crowned therewith, and, above all the sons of men, they are the children of light. —Hearth aad Home. Ever since follies have pleased, fools have been able to divert. It is better to take many injuries than to give ene. ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN. Mine. Hardy, formerly of the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Kenwood, near Albany, has been called to France to take charge of American convent in Paris. Miss Tempcraucc Anderson, a resident of Baden, Beaver county, Pa., has hair six feet and a half long. It is quite thick and fine, blonde color. A young lady of twenty-one years died in Troy, tho other day day, who hud never walked or spoken. At the last execution in Pennsylvania a woman named Cady begged for permission to adjust the fatal uoose. Luda Showalter, a resident Terre Haut, is commissioned a notary public, tho first woman so appointed in the State. A young lady of Gratiot, Mich., still a minor, has two husbands living, to each of whom she lias been married twice within a few months. Miss Sarah W. Barton, an American girl now studying music in Florence, is to be prima donna of opera in Warsaw, Po land, the coming winter. M. Guizot is very old, and a lover of the fine arts. Latterly be visited a Venus beautifully sculptured, aud tho guide, to flatter the ex-Statesman remarked that the artist was over 80 years of age. “ What a memory he must possess, ” replied Gui zot. A revengeful lover writes : If she was in New York, and could be enticed on board a sound steamer, it would he tiie last of her, but as it is, I must await the grinding mills of the gods,which though moderate in their action, do triturate with exceeding minuteness. A widow at Winn, in Main, having re married recently, too soon after her first husband’s death, she aud her new love are troubled with his ghost, which, like that of Hamlet’s fatlior, revisits the glimpses of their honeymoon. A man who has a red-headed sweetheart addressed her as Sweet Auburn, lovliest of the plain. Sweet Auburn got mad about it. She objected to being classed among the plain, even though called the lovliest of them. Mrs. Mary Snydar died near Leesville, Crawford county on Monday week, in the one hundred and eighth year of her age. She was born in Bedford county, Penn., somewhere between 1760 and 1768 the record being lost. Mrs Stanton says that the American men are the noblest and handsomest of any country she has ever visited, and if the girls could cultivate their minds and learn to work with their hands, that they, too, would be more beautiful and marriaga ble. A Boston gentleman who could not waltz, offered a young lady a SIOO if she woult let him hug her as much as the man who had just waltzed her. It was a good offer, and showed that money was no ob ject to him, but they put him out of the house so hard that his eyes were quite black. From a staid and puritanical New Eng land town comes the startling intelligence that matching coppers is the favorite amusement at parties and receptions. Not long since a professor’s daughter won SSO at twenty-deck poker in a single sitting. This domesticating the tiger bodes no good. Miss Hattie C. Root, daughter of Ro land Root of Coldwater, Mich., who was appointed a clerk in the United States treasury department a few months since, has been promoted to a first class clerk ship, having passed the competitive exam ination and passing number one out of a class of forty persons examined at the same time. FOR SAFE. A FOUR room dwelling and vacant lot, also, splendid well of water in the yard ; fronting on Spring and Rose Streets, contain ing one quarter of an acre. For sale cheap. Apply to GEORGE SCHMIDT, nov. 25—lm. corner Third and Flam Streets. Change of Schedule. MACON AND WESTERN R. R. CO., I Macon, Ga., October 31, 1872. f ON and after Sunday November 3d, the fol lowing schedule for Passenger Trains, will be observed on this road: DAY PASSENGER. Leave Macon 8:15 A. M. Arrive at Macon 2:05 A. M. Leave Atlanta 8:20 A. m. Arrive at Atlanta 2:40 p. m. NIGHT PASSENGER AND FREIGHT. Leave Macon 8:50 p. M. Arrive at Macon 3:20 A. M. Leave Atlanta 8:00 p. m. Atrive at Atlanta 4:55 A. m. Making close connections at Macon with Central Railroad for Savannah and Augusta, and with Southwestern Railroad for points in Southwest Georgia. At Atlanta with Western and Atlantic Railway for points West. A. .7. WHITE, nov2tf Superintendent. • * Stockholder's Meeting. Office Macon and Western K. R. Cos., ) Macon, Ga., Nov. 30, 1372. f The annual meeting of Stockholders of the Macon and Western Railroad Company, for the election of President and Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and any other business that may he brought before them will be held at the office of the Company In this city on Tuesday the 7th day of January next at 10 o’clock A. M. MILO 8. FREEMAN, novSO-td Secretary and Treasurer. ON CONSIGNMENT —BY — J. Holmes &Go„ No. 89 Third Street. BBLB. TENNESSEE APPLES, 50 bbls. POTATOES. Also one car load of choice, select REST PROOF SEED OATN, Superior to anything of the kind ever before offered la this market. Give ns a call. ■•vDOtf MACON, GrA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1872. Tjp^ >slr This unrivalled Medicine Is warranted not to contain a single particle of Mkkouky, pr any injurious mineral substance, but is Pint in, v v ■:. H’l’/i m.ic. For FORTY YEARS it Ims proved its great value in all diseases of the Liver, Bowki.k and Kidneys. Thousands ©f the good and great in all parts of the country vouch for its wonder ful and peculiar power In purifying the Blood, stimulating the torpid Liver and Bowels, and imparting new Life and Vigor to the whole sys tem. 81M MON’S LIVERREGULATOR is ac knowledged to have no equal as a I.lllilt tiiibitm:, It contains four medical elements, never uni ted in the same happy proportion in any other preparation, viz: a gentle Cathartic, a wonder ful Tonic, an unexceptionable Alterative and a certain Corrective of all Impurities of the body. Such signal success lias attended its use, that it is now regarded as the Great I ulnilingg Nperilie for Liver Comim-aint and the painful offspring thereof, to wit: DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPA TION, Jaundice,Billiousattacks, SICK HEAD ACHE, Colie, Depression of Spirits SOUR STOMACH, Heart Hum, Jfcc., Ac. Regulate the Liver and prevent 411111,1,M \\ I I’l, VII It. SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR Is manufactured by .1. 11. ZIHI.IiV A 410., MACON, GA., and PHILADELPHIA. Price |1 per package; sent by mail, postage paid, $1.25. Prepared ready for use in bottles, $1.50. SOLI) BY ALL DRUGGISTS, jay-Beware ol all Counterfeits nnd Imitations. 112-523 DAVIS SMITH, (Successor to the late firm of Smith, Wcstcott. A Cos., and of Smith, MoGlashmt A Cos.) manufacturer and dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, BRIDLES, SADDLERY AND HARNESS HARDWARE, Carriage Materials, Leather of all kinds, hoe Findings, Children’s Carriages, ItIIBBEK, Gl\ IMMIS ETC,, Together with every article usually kept in a saddlery house. lO!! Cl 111 It It V 6T„ MACON, UA 156-182 SHOOTING MATCH. ANY and al! persons wishing to engage in this with their good guns, will confer with No. 8, Cotton Avenue, for the lib colored picture. Tickets (20) $1 each. decs-4t. EPIZOOTY! Epizooty!! Epizooty!! Tie Eagle Filins Mills, HAVING prepared a cooling and healthful food for the HORSE MALADY, are now offering it In any quantities. Also an admirable article of COW FOOD, Also FLAM KOI.Till) 11F.U,, a Also oil Giiklcs of 11.01 IC. All of which can be obtained by leaving or ders at W. A. Huff’s, Bey mour,Tinsley A Cos., D. Good A Sons’, Small, Gamble A Beck’s, Lawton & Bates’ or at the Eagle Mills. n0302w W. J. LAWTON A CO. OK. ft. F. GItIGLH. OFFICE ovei M. K. Rogers A Co’s., Con fectionary store. Residence, Plum street, opposite George S. Ol,ear's. OCt 2-UH. BYINGTON HOTEL, GRIFFIN, GA. rpiIIS HOTEL ranks second to none in JL Georgia, for GOOD COMFORTABLE ROOMS, WELL SUPPLIED TABLES, AND CHEAPNESS OF RATE. Asa resort for the residence of the present hot term, It is unequalled, the nights being remarkable cool sad pleasant. The best WaWr in Georgia. 3. W. BVINOTON, 110-160 Proprietor MERCHANTS A!\l> PLANTERS WILL KIND IT TO Til 818 AD VANTAGE TO CALL ON US I'.KKOUK M A KING TIlF.lIi BILLS. WE HAVE iU &TORF, 100.000 LBS. BACON CLKAR It. SIDES. 25.000 LBS. BACON SHOUL DERS. 10.000 LBS. BKLLTES. 50.000 LBS. FLOUR, all “radon. 500 ROLLS 2 \ BAGGING. 10.000 LBS. ARROW TIES. 10 BALES TWINE. JOHNSON & SMITH. JOHNSON & SMITH, Have, a.ml ;iv olioriug at very low fijrtll 1 ioo bo:-;;; tobacco, all grades. 100 BULK. WHISKIES. 150 BBLS. . UGA It. 50 BBLS. MOLASSES. 100 BALES lIAV. 1.000 HUSIIELS CORN, To”ollu i with ;i lull ,slock ol nil nil goods in our line of btcunePH. 116 If FOR SALE, A COMPLETE OUTFIT OF HOUSEHOLD F URN ITT RE. A FAMILY designing to break up house keeping on tiie 11 l ot. of October, now oiler a complete outfit of furniture for live or six rooms, together with nil necessary kitchen utenscls, for sale at, half original cost,. It con sists of Mohair Parlor Chairs, Mahogany and Black Walnut Bedsteads, Bureaus, Dining Ta ble, Dining, Rocking mid common chairs, Car pets, Dinner and Tea Setts, and in short, almost every article demanded ill a house of live or six rooms. The furniture has not been used over one or two years, is in perfect repair, almost as good as new, cost 1,000 and will now ho sold for .<SOO cash. Address Box 432, Macon, orapply at this 'JTIIB OFFICE. seplStl _ IS. fi.OWILVrHAI/N ILVR& LAGER BEER SALOON, (massist’s old stamp.) Opposite Medical College, Mulberry St. rp 1118 Saloon i- supplied With the he t, Wines, jL Liquors and Cigars In the market, and sparkling Lager Bea r of superior quality. Free lunch every day from 10 In IB o’clock and extra lunches served up at, any hour in the day or night. Hwls , Goose Duck, Ham, Balacls and anything that may lie desired for lunch. nov24-tf PROSPECTUS lam ififtly Entenrise, (t.V or iiliouf 1li" in’ t v."‘ I in December, / <<,!ic tie lir i iiurn bur of :i Lane, i v.if eeklf Paper! It will coni n H! 11c the Telcirraplilc ncw of the wo* I . ’’ l;ii" tr< Hi hie'in formation f>ii all ft- ii ii *1 from nil pari* of the world. lii itn cdit/niiil department will be found dia cur ioijH of all the v> iv i; ishiji:# of the time . Particular attention will he gif- I cri to the ad vaneement of Science, Art, and j Literature; while all Interesting events and authentic ■ of the political world will j he faithfully prcocntfcd. WfWCKJPTIOJf WIICE- One Year 5? Six Months 1 w Invariably In advance. Hukttcriptlou taken for jcsk than rzff’ Now I* the time to subscribe. Spbci* MK‘* COfIKS HEST OJf AI'i'LICATI*N. FOR THE FALL AND WINTER TRADE LAWTON Ac BATE, rui'tli] > Stre< > t,||(Ncxt Door to l.nwfou A Willingham.) y ItF. prepared to furnish the trade with GHOt’GRIEH, IK4>VINI4>NM, l’l- t.\ I’ V I lO> MI PPI.IIIM, HAG GIHG, TIKM, ETC., * wu as reaaomililu terms os any house In Georgia. Wo will keep constantly on hand, BACON; I.ARD, CORN, OATS, HAY, SUGAR, COFFEE, BAGGING and TIES, and a general assort ment of such goods ns are kept in a tint class Grocery Honso. Give us s call. We are running the KAtiliE! FI.OIIHIIXCJ M11.1.W, and direct-special attention to our “CHOICE,” “EXTRA,” “FAMILY” Flours. They wIU he found exactly adapted to the trade, and we guarantee every barrel to give satisftiction. Onr prices are as low as those of the same grades cun he honght in the Sonth. CORN MEAL, bolted and unbolted, always on hand, of onr own make and of tkc best quality. 120-188 H. BANDY & CO. tin and sheet ikon hoofing, FlnttM l fitpairiii, r , ) TIN AND GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES M kfpjj" V Executed at short notice and satisfaction \ 9 J \ T guaranteed. ]) / \|j No. AO 'l'hii-<l Street, Macon, Gn. I Particular attontlon given to Guttering put up \ WOODRUFF’S \ PATENT KATE PAHTG.MNGN. HS-nug 3 IMPROVED GK GEAR. NEW. SUPERSEDES ALL OTH R HORSE POWER IT IS NO HUMBUG!! rpilE settling of the Gin House floor Ims no edoet on the Gearing. King Poßt of Iron and all L the work bolted to iron. IT IS MADE TO LAST, AND TO RUN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT. LIGIiTERTIIAN ANY OTHER POWER IN USE. Call and see for yomisclf. I build a Portable Horae Power that challenges all other MAKES, hut it will not do the work with the same Draft Unit my PATENT GIN GEAR will. All kinds of Machinery made mid repaired at 4 IC4S4’KI'iTT’N IKON WOHKN, 108-186 Near Brown House, Macon Georgia. BROWN'S G-ALLERY! No, 8 Cotton Avenue, Is the place where aU the differ ent styles of pictures are made at greatly reduced prices. W. & E. P. TAYLOR, Cor. Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street, DEALERS IN FURNITURE, CAMS & BBSS, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, etc. Metalic Burial Cases & Caskets, Fine and Plain Wood Coffins and Caskets. 79tf by Telegraph promptly attended to. JAMES U. BLOUNT. ISAAC HARDEMAN. 111.01 NT & HABDEMAN, ATTORNEYSVAT LAW, MACON, GEORGIA. OFFICE, at entrance Ralston Hall, Cherry street. 4 Barber Shop For Rout. THE Basement room, formwlr <mp>edby Mike Napier, in Brown ’sH°te> bulfdlDgte for rent. This la <*• of tha stands tor a Ba . r e% 8 tf hop ta tl,e Volume I. —Number 215 I|N MAN LINE A Steamship Company dispatch two Uni • per week The .iniokcsf tme 'w- ms< am£T the Atlantic. Evy *